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Texas on the Potomac is pleased to share guest commentary from across the political spectrum. Here is a post we are republishing from liberal commentator Charles Kuffner’s “Kuff’s World” blog on chron.com. I attended the Battleground Texas kickoff meeting for Houston on Saturday. Houston was one of the last stops on their statewide introduction tour. …

Gov. Rick Perry can’t help but laugh at the Pundit Elite frothing at the prospect of Texas turning into the next blue state. Perry told The Wall Street Journal this weekend at the Republican Governors’ Association meetings that the notion of Texas becoming a blue state “is the biggest pipe dream I have ever heard.” …

Oil and gas leasing programs are among the initiatives that could get slashed if Congress doesn’t stop automatic spending cuts set to begin March 1, a top congressional Democrat warned today. The warning from Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass. came as the Obama administration stepped up pressure on lawmakers to agree to a deal to avert …

Rick Perry’s vaunted money-raising machine sputtered to a halt following a series of embarrassing gaffes on the campaign trail, new campaign financial disclosure reports reveal.

According to his report Tuesday to the Federal Election Commission, the Texas governor raised barely $2.9 million from donors in the 13-week fundraising quarter that ended Dec. 31 — a fraction of the unrivaled $17.2 million that he raised in the opening seven weeks of his promising drive for the Republican presidential nomination.

What recession? Your lawmakers’ outside income has tripled in the past four years. Rep. Ron Paul earned more than $100K last year on farmland and rental property in Lake Jackson. Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Clarendon, earned $5,001-$15,000 from the cattle business he shares with his brothers, and Rep. John Culberson, R-Houston, sold Civil War memorabilia to make between $15,001 and $50,000. …

There was no mention of Perry on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” CNN’s “State of the Union” and Fox “Fox News Sunday,” but the panel of journalists on “Meet the Press” said the Texas governor has a buzz about him.